Fast Facts: Bipolar disorder, 2nd ed

Fast Facts: Bipolar disorder, 2nd ed Fast Facts: Bipolar Disorder is a highly accessible synopsis of current understanding of, and strategies, for bip

Fast Facts: Bipolar Disorder, 2nd edn

Fast Facts: Bipolar Disorder is a highly accessible synopsis of current understanding of, and strategies, for bipolar disorder. Written by two experts of international renown, this fully updated second edition of the book describes the diagnosis, etiology and short- and long-term treatment strategies for this historically neglected condition. Bipolar disorder is no longer a rare disorder seen only by psychiatrists working with psychotic inpatients, and this handbook provides an invaluable update on the topic to all those involved in the care of people with the condition - primary care physicians, psychiatrists, therapists and specialist nurses. The information may also prove useful to people with bipolar disorder and their families.

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Question :

Can someone explain something about bipolar disorder for me?

Let me just explain how I have felt for the past 3 years.

1. I started off with severe depression, like seriously i had lost all will to do ANYTHING. I was like this for a good 6-8 months and then I became rather normal for about a month and then right back into depression for another 4-5 months.

2. I told myself that I shouldn t be depressed and tried having fun, that fun became a pretty intense manic episode. That lasted for about 2 months and then it became a weird mixed episode where I was really confused, depressed and manic. That lead to another severe depression for about 2 months where all I did was drive around Boston everyday for a month, with no will to do anything else. I was just angry at EVERYONE but didn t do anything about it. I think I the depression came from the fact that I lost my voice for 3 months due to smoking (I quit) I sounded like an old man.

3. I became normal, actually pretty normal, for I would say 4 months.

4. Worst episode ever hit me, I was again manic and depressive at the same time, seriously I was going insane during this time. Also I became slightly paranoid about a few people thinking they were plotting against me.

5. Coming out of this mixed episode I visited a doctor that didn t tell me what the hell I had, just gave me Lamictal and Lithium, which didn t even help. I told him that lithium is hard to ingest because the pills are huge and the doctor laughed and made fun of me, BYE BYE YOU JERK.

6. For 4 months I became hypomanic, now this was the nice one, because I had very high productivity and was feeling really euphoric, excited and having fun.

7. Right after the hypomania I had a short burst of depresion for a good 2 weeks. Really I lost all will to live, and stopped doing everything.

7. This episode eventually became a very dysphoric and intenese manic episode which lasted till about August of this year when it became an anger mixed episode, I just wanted to hurt people, I was picking fights with everyone, I was destroying things, during this time all I thought about how horrible my life is and how I want to die. Seriously, I should have been hospitalized.

8. Around 2 weeks ago, I leveled off pretty good, and the first time in over a year and a half I felt normal.

9. This week I went to the doctor, and again this new doctor didn t explain what I could have, he just said "it definitely seems like bipolar disorder" and he gave me zoloft. I do understand though, he can t diagnose me this quick, and the doctor is a really nice and down to earth guy.

9. Before I started taking zoloft, I did start feeling hypomania creeping up on me again on Sunday, and it kinda did, now taking the medicine, I still feel hypomanic.

Now medicine aside, I can t for the life of me figure out what my diagnosis would be.

I know it is definitely bipolar disorder, but which kind?

Is this similar to Bipolar 1? or Bipolar 2? Or rapid cycling bipolar? or cyclothymia?

I have another appointment with the doctor in 2 weeks, and I will ask him, but I am kinda going crazy trying to figure out what this is because I want to do research on this.

Could this be something else from what I have decribed?

Mania is filled with euphoria at first then dysphoria afterwards, racing thoughts, increased sex drive, wanting to waste money on everything, talking very fast and sometimes very loud, irritated, angry, on the edge, etc. Eating a lot of none at all, less sleep. EXTREME boost of energy, and no concentration at all.

Depression is usually a lot of sleep, hyposomnia, eating a lot of none at all, wanting to die, but not suicidal, hatred towards everyone, no energy at all, laying in bed all day, Thinking about how hurt I am, and how everyone hates me, etc.

Mixed episodes for me are just like both combined, but less extremities, like my sex drive is not that high, and I sleep the least during this time, money aint really a problem, BUT the anger and rage is there. This is where I contemplate suicide a lot and the urge to hurt, make someone suffer by taking away something that makes them happy, or even kill someone is constantly running through my mind.

Answer :
get another doctor and to me what my son has with his bipolar is extreme isolation he gets very mad when things dont go his way or he gets mad when you intrude on his world he tries to be loving then it seems he has another twin who is totally out of control and yes hateful towards everyone is how he acts I love my son alot and he suffers from his demons from the past but he is alot happier if I just let him deal with himself and sometimes I see the old him once in awhile just seek other treatment and this disorder is just something you will have to stay on medication for and learn to handle your day to day life I was describing the heckell and jeckall side of him

Question :

How serious are border line personality disorder or bipolar disorder or PTSD?

I am asking because I suspect my girl friend might have one of the above. I ask what her doctor told her but she says that the doctor said she is fine and she was just under a lot of pressure. I just know these facts about her:
1-she attempted suicide while she was in a relationship with me and I could not see it coming at all because we did not have any problem with each other. she was lucky her mum rescued her. she was at mental hospital for two weeks. She does not remember any of the things she told me during this time and she even called me a different name (her exes name).
2- her sister attempted suicide before her. She actually blames her condition now to her sister. She says that her sister caused her all this problems.
2-She gets anxiety attack sometimes and is taking pills for that. She also takes two form of anti depression pills fluoxetin and nortriptyline every day and is usually very sleepy at early night (around 10 pm).
3- she gets angry very fast and sometimes to the extent that she breaks up with me but immediately changes her mind.
My therapist says that without knowing her and seeing her just based on suicide attempt and being in hospital for 2 WEEKS she definitely has one of the personality disorders I mentioned above. After reading about these disorders I realized they are very serious and if we marry we may not even be able to have kids. Do you think my therapist is right?
She says the fact that her sister did this too means it might have genetic roots which is very bad and I should run out of this relationship as fast as I can.
This is the second time I am posting this question. last time a lot of people told me that my therapist was wrong suggesting such a thing. How ever being in a relationship with her kind of made me not be myself too. I think I am changed too after she attempted suicide I can not sleep well at nigh and am feeling powerless and dis motivated. I feel I have depression too and am worried that I might need medication for it. What do these people mean when they say if you love her you stay with her. I loved her so much but I feel I can not continue with her without damaging my own mental health

Answer :
iT could be serious if she is really having problems im 19 and im diagnosed with one of the above and two others but I try not to go by it I used to take a mood stabilizer (depakote) serquill an anti psychotic and a couple of other things but I now stopped all of them and am just taking ambien to sleep and the thing is im kind of depressed right now but I just don t want to go through the whole meds tripp again its pretty serious just make sure she takes her medicine understand what she s going through and give her lots of love even if she seems like she doesn t want it things will get better just give it some time

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Question :

How serious are border line personality disorder or bipolar disorder?

I am asking because I suspect my girl friend might have one or the other. I ask what her doctor told her but she says that the doctor said she is fine. I just know these facts about her:
1-she attempted suicide while she was in a relationship with me and I could not see it coming at all because we did not have any problem with each other. she was lucky her mum rescued her. she was at mental hospital for two weeks. She does not remember any of the things she told me during this time and she even called me a different name.
2-She gets anxiety attack sometimes and is taking pills for that. She also takes two form of anti depression pills fluoxetin and nortriptyline every day.
3- she gets angry very fast and sometimes to the extent that she breaks up with me but immediately changes her mind.
My therapist says that without knowing her and seeing her just based on suicide attempt and being in hospital for 2 WEEKS she definitely has one of the personality disorders I mentioned above. After reading about these disorders I realized they are very serious and if we marry we may not even be able to have kids. Do you think my therapist is right? She actually is very well known in Los Angeles and her visit was quite expensive for me.

Answer :
as someone who suffers from mental illness i can tell you that any mental illness is serious.